[Special Tips] Visa? Not a problem.

Many countries require a visa to enter and some people think its hard to get a visa. Many people didn't get approval for their visa and some other just don't know how to apply for it.

So in this Special Tips post, I will tell you some tips for applying a visa and get the approval. Do note that I will tell you how to acquire a visa for a holiday trip, because in some cases, its different to acquire a visa for a holiday and other purpose like a business trip or a student visa.

1. You should know if the country you are visiting require a visa. Since I live in Indonesia, there are many countries that requires it. Like United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Europe. But there are some countries that don't require a visa or visa-free, like Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. You can visit here for more details which country that requires visa, or you can apply visa on arrival (VOA) and visa-free countries --> List of Countries for Visa 
2. There are some countries that took longer to acquire a visa, and sometimes you have to go through an interview. Usually, Asian countries don't take that long to acquire a visa. The fastest would be two weeks for an approval. But countries in United States, Europe, Australia, and Africa, it will took longer and sometimes there is an interview. From my experience, when my family was applying a visa to America, it took a month or so for finally get the approval. But my last visit to South Korea, it only took me three weeks. So before you plan to visit the country you need to plan when to apply the visa because it may took longer than you expected.
3. Prepare all the itinerary that needed for the visa requirement. Usually applying for a visa require a photo, a form of your bio that usually you can download from their country official website, booking itinerary like plane tickets and hotel, and for students or workers they usually need a letter that shows you are a student or a worker from your school or company. Also, you will need to pay some amount of money for a visa. From my experience, when I apply a visa for South Korea and Japan, I will book the hotel and plane ticket first so when I apply for a visa, they will believe you are coming there for a holiday trip and you will not have other purpose for visiting the country. So please visit the country official website (You can search in Google) for the requirements before submitting for a visa. 

   

   an example of a visa application form for Japan.

4.  There are some cases that you need to get a visa fast. There are traveling agents that can help you get the visa faster. It will cost you extra money for the service and you also have to pay for applying the visa, but it can guarantee you will get the approval. When you look for a traveling agents for help, you need to find a traveling agents that have good track records, because a lot of cases of fraud. So you better be careful when choosing a traveling agents.

Thats all the Special Tips i can give you! I hope it will be useful for your trip and if  there are any question you would like to ask, just write on the comment section below.